Supreme Court of Florida

State of Florida, Petitioner v. Kenneth Purdy, Respondent. — Pariente, J., Dissenting

August 30, 2018252 So. 3d 723

Summary

Justice Pariente dissents, arguing that the trial court must consider a juvenile offender's aggregate sentence arising from a single criminal episode when determining Eighth Amendment compliance. She contends that the plurality’s statutory interpretation improperly excludes the aggregate sentence, resulting in a constitutional violation.